Wow!  Verizon never ceases to amaze me.  We are literally out here in the middle of nowhere at Santa Rosa Lake State Park, just north of Santa Rosa, NM, and I still have a reasonably usable data signal.  I'm impressed.  Granted, I have to lean my phone up against the rear window of the Airstream, but then again, that's often the case.  Radio signals just don't like passing through an aluminum skin all that much.

 As you can imagine, Santa Rosa Lake is rather remote.  The park is very nice though and supposedly very popular with locals on the weekend.  I'm not sure why, because from what we observed on our way in, there isn't a whole lot left of the lake.  Crossing the dam, you have to crane your neck and look way down there to see the paltry little puddle of brown water that is supposed to be the big recreational draw around these here parts.  I dunno.  Anyhoo, we stayed here on our way east a couple of years ago and liked the peace and quite.  So we're back.

It was a tough day on the road today and we are both quite tired.  As soon as I finish this log entry, I'm going  to pull up an easy chair in the shade and kick back for a bit.  The reason for the tough day under way was the nearly 40 mph head wind we experienced for almost the entire 400 miles we traveled today.  It got particularly bad once we reached I-40 at Amarillo.  At that point the wind which had been a few points off the port bow for most of the morning, decided to clock around to due west and freshen dramatically.  In other words right, square on the nose.  It was a physical force.  My right leg is actually tired from pushing down on the gas pedal all day.  Our poor truck ran in forth and occasionally third gear for nearly four hours.  It was brutal.  Tomorrow's forecast is for a slightly lighter breeze out of the north-east.  I look forward to it.  We plan to stop somewhere around Winslow, AZ tomorrow afternoon.  "Standin' on the corner in Winslow,  Arizona.  Such a fine sight to see..." - Eagles